Diane Di Prima’s birthday

Poet, priestess, teacher, unrepentant activist and role-model, one of the key figures of the original “Beats” (and one of the few women in that confessedly overly white male circle), Diane di Prima, the remarkable Diane di Prima, is 77 years old today. Happy Birthday Diane!

In 2009, she was honored (by Mayor Gavin Newsom) with the position of (5th) Poet Laureate of the City of San Francisco. A full record (you might want to skip all the introductory speeches and go right to Diane’s acceptance speech) is available here.